Hyderabad Marathon - Weekly Buildup
Week 9 The mileage drops, but the quality stayed. The weekdays were easy 5-milers across Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday brought 400m repeats, 5 of them, followed by a hard 2km at the end. Pace and effort consistent with earlier weeks, which is exactly where things should be at this stage of the block. Strength training on Monday and Wednesday, 30 minutes each, recovery rides on the Kickr on Tuesday and Thursday, 45 minutes each. Saturday's long run at GKVK was a confidence builder. The plan was 12 miles with 9 miles in the middle at 9:45/mi, ended up running 13 miles and averaging 9:30/mi for the middle stretch. Ahead of target and feeling good. Rahul, Boopathi's son, joined for the run, the opening 3 miles were easy alongside Rahul, Boopathi and Mithun before settling into the working pace with Rahul. Nine down. One to go. Day of the week Workout Monday 5 mi + Strength Tuesday 5, 400m, 2 km hard + 45 minutes easy spin Wednesday 5 mi + Strength Thursday 5 mi + 45 m...